Should ESO have an option to change a characters name?

Brightxdawn

Yes

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES.

Volkodav

Yes

Sure.Once for free,then make it a scroll in the crown store.

TheShadowScout

Yes

Heromofo wrote: »

As long as its not over priced like the rest say 100 crowns as its just a name.

Other games I played that had this option priced it at equivalent 500 to 1000 crowns...

MornaBaine wrote: »

Slurg wrote: »

Yes, I would like to see this be done by visiting the capital city for your faction and registering the new name with an official there for a gold fee, with a cool down period to prevent frequent changes for those who might misuse the feature.

Support clearly has enough to do right now - the last ticket I submitted took 3 days to get a response. I'd rather allow CS to spend their time solving actual problems than doing frivolous name changes on customer demand.

Which they refuse to do anyway. Requests for name changes are routinely rejected and that is their stated policy. I'd LOVE to see name changes available for gold at the bank. You'd buy them from the banker who would tell you something like, "I'll be happy to register the paperwork for your name change for X gold. Just don't think this is going to allow you to elude the law! All name changes are registered with the Crown!"

As I keep mentioning, had the game stayed subscription based, paying gold for a name change would have been the way to go. Not that they look towards the crown store to make their profit, that is extremely unlikely to happen. If they make the effort to program the function, they will want to see some return from it, so they will almost certainly follow the example of other games and let people pay for the feature. Personally I am okay with this, though I hope they will not overcharge people and keep to the lower priced examples from other games...

And I wouldn't bother a banker with namechanges. It would have to be a recordkeeping clerk in your factions capital, methinks... file the proper paperwork (proper paperwork availabe for purchase in the crown store), and the clerk with "update the official records" with your shiny new name...

Thevampirenight

Yes

I do agree with morna name change at a bank would work
Maybe with a high cost like 10000 gold or 350 crowns in the crown store

Abeille

Yes

I don't really want to change any of my characters' names right now, but I don't see why not.

If I ever get in a "House RP guild", I would like to be able to give my characters that are ICly part of it the house's surname.

Cavedog

Yes

And just a reminder, I'm not talking about changing the @name. I'm just talking about the ability to change a toon name.

Has anyone heard if ZOS is ever going to work on this? I agree a lot higher priorities for them, but also see them working on a lot of things that are less player oriented as well.

jellicles

Yes

I understand how changing a character name is not trivial and charging real money is probably the best way to moderate the use of this feature. What I do not understand is how some users fear that this change will lead to abuse and/or exploits. I have never had anyone refer to my character name. Never. Not once. My user name is visible and I believe that changing that should take an act of Congress. Only the game system and the player care about the character name. Let us change it and if charging crowns moderate the activity, well, so be it.

Katahdin

It's coming. DB update maybe?

MarcoPolo

Yes

I say yes for this not just because I just got frustrated with the name already in use that a few of mine are numbered but because my ex is a sad person and named his character after me and now cant change it (he would if he could)

Uviryth

Yes

To be honest, it totally baffles me that we even have to ask for that AND a barbershop.

I mean, ITS 2016 FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, not 1999. Get a grip you guys.....

jimmulvaney

Yes

Should it be an option? Yes. Will I be using it? Not likely.